Paul Tisdale was frustrated his Exeter City side could not capitalise on going a goal up in their 2-1 defeat to Morecambe on Saturday.

Playing with the wind in the first half, the Grecians went a goal up in the 40 minute through Pierce Sweeney, but conceded before half-time and spent the second period playing against a strong wind that forced them to spend a lot of time on the defensive.

Michael Rose’s 78-minute strike gave the Shrimps the win and, whilst Tisdale was not dissatisfied by the performance, he admitted the points were there for the taking for City.

He said: “Performance okay, not bad at all; result bad.

“We had a good chance today to get the points and we’ve ended up with nothing.”

When asked about the difficult conditions, he said it could not be used as an excuse and felt the game hinged on Morecambe’s equaliser.

He said: “They weren’t (good conditions) but no excuses, we got into the game, we looked the most likely with the wind.

“We did the first part of the job. In the five minutes after we scored and they came back to equalise, that was a big point in the game because we knew we had a tough second half with the wind against us.

“It gave them a real lifeline, really.

“Largely we played pretty well, there weren’t too many issues, it was very difficult conditions but we dealt with them pretty well.

“If you’re critical with the summary of detail, we shot too many over the crossbar – I don’t know how you’re going to score when the ball keeps flying over the crossbar but we continued to do it.”

He added: “It (the opening goal) was a point where we had a really good foothold in the game and with five minutes to go to half-time and conditions behind us, I’d have liked to have seen us taking that next goal and making it two.

“Of course we tried but we failed to do so.

“They hung on in that first half and to go in at 1-1 they must have been delighted.”